Black Methodism in the United States

Black Methodism in the United States is the Methodist tradition within the Black Church, largely consisting of congregations in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME), African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AME Zion or AMEZ), Christian Methodist Episcopal denominations, as well as those African American congregations in other Methodist denominations, such as the Free Methodist Church.

African Americans were drawn to Methodism due to the father of Methodism, John Wesley's "opposition to the whole system of slavery, his commitment to Jesus Christ, and the evangelical appeal to the suffering and the oppressed."[1]

History

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John Wesley AME Zion Church (est. 1847), located in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

Historically black Methodist denominations

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AMEZ

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The African Methodist Episcopal Zion church evolved as a division within the Methodist Episcopal Church denomination. The first AME Zion church was founded in 1800. Like the AME Church, the AME Zion Church sent missionaries to Africa in the first decade after the American Civil War and it also has a continuing overseas presence.

The African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded by Richard Allen in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1816, and also split from the white-dominated Methodist Episcopal Church denomination to make an independent denomination. Sarah Allen was known as its "founding mother". It is based in the United States but seven of its 20 districts are overseas, including in Liberia, the United Kingdom, Angola, and South Africa.[2] Its Women's Missionary Service, an NGO, operates in 32 countries.[3]

Other Methodist denominations

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Free Methodist Church

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In the Free Methodist Church, African Heritage Network convenes to encourage black congregations and clergy within the denomination.[4]

Intercommunion

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Both the AME and the AMEZ churches have entered in full communion with one another and with the United Methodist Church, the African Union Methodist Protestant Church, the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Union American Methodist Episcopal Church.

List of notable congregations

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United States

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Church/Temple City State
Adams Chapel AME Church Rock Hill South Carolina
Allen Temple AME Church Oakland California
Allen Temple AME Church Atlanta Georgia
Allen Temple AME Church Byron Georgia
Allen Chapel AME Church Lincoln Illinois
Allen Chapel AME Church Terre Haute Indiana
Allen Chapel AME Church Silver Spring Maryland
Allen Chapel AME Church Kalamazoo Michigan
Greater Allen AME Cathedral Queens New York
Allen Temple AME Church Cincinnati Ohio
Allen AME Church Portland Oregon
Greater Allen AME Church Dayton Ohio
Allen AME Church Providence Rhode Island
Allen Temple AME Church Greenville South Carolina
Allen Chapel AME Church Murfreesboro Tennessee
Allen Chapel AME Church Fort Worth Texas
Allen Chapel AME Church Washington DC
Asbury AME Church Chester Pennsylvania
Asbury Chapel AME Church Louisville Kentucky
Baber AME Church Carrier Mills Illinois
Baber AME Church Rochester New York
Big Bethel AME Church Atlanta Georgia
Bethel AME Church Batesville Arkansas
Bethel AME Church Malvern Arkansas
Bethel AME Church Oxnard California
Bethel AME Church DeLand Florida
Greater Bethel AME Church Miami Florida
Bethel AME Church Acworth Georgia
Bethel AME Church Cedar Rapids Iowa
Bethel AME Church Davenport Iowa
Bethel AME Church Iowa City Iowa
Bethel AME Church Champaign Illinois
Bethel AME Church Crawfordsville Indiana
Bethel AME Church Hammond Indiana
Bethel AME Church Indianapolis Indiana
Bethel AME Church Richmond Indiana
Bethel AME Church Coffeyville Kansas
Bethel AME Church Manhattan Kansas
Bethel AME Church Shelbyville Kentucky
Union Bethel AME Church New Orleans Louisiana
Bethel AME Church Baltimore Maryland
Bethel AME Church Jamaica Plain Massachusetts
Bethel AME Church and Parsonage Plymouth Massachusetts
Bethel AME Church Vicksburg Mississippi
Bethel Chapel AME Church Louisiana Missouri
Union Bethel AME Church Great Falls Montana
Bethel AME Church Reno Nevada
Bethel AME Church Morristown New Jersey
Bethel AME Church Springtown New Jersey
Greater Bethel AME Church Harlem New York
Bethel AME Church and Manse Huntington New York
Bethel AME Church Reidsville North Carolina
Bethel AME Church Greensboro North Carolina
Bethel AME Church Middletown Ohio
Bethel AME Zion Church Aliquippa Pennsylvania
Bethel AME Church Monongahela City Pennsylvania
Bethel AME Church Reading Pennsylvania
Bethel AME Church Anderson South Carolina
Bethel AME Church Columbia South Carolina
Bethel AME Church McClellanville South Carolina
Bethel AME Church Brittons Neck South Carolina
Mother Bethel AME Church Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Bethel AME Church Providence Rhode Island
Bethel Temple Fort Worth Texas
Bethel AME Church San Antonio Texas
Third Street Bethel AME Church Richmond Virginia
Bethel AME Church Saint Croix US Virgin Islands
Bethel AME Church Parkersburg West Virginia
Brown Chapel AME Church Selma Alabama
Brown Chapel AME Church Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Brown Chapel AME Church Houston Texas
Bryant Chapel AME Church Birmingham Alabama
Brookins Community AME Church Los Angeles California
Byrd's AME Church Clayton Delaware
Campbell Chapel AME Church Americus Georgia
Campbell Chapel AME Church Atchison Kansas
Campbell Chapel AME Church Glasgow Missouri
Campbell Chapel AME Church Pulaski Tennessee
Campbell AME Church Philadelphia Pennsylvania
Christ Our Redeemer AME Church Irvine California
Ebenezer AME Church Baltimore Maryland
Emanuel AME Church Charleston South Carolina
Emanuel AME Church Mobile Alabama
Emmanuel AME Church Durham North Carolina
Empowerment Temple AME Church Baltimore Maryland
Grant AME Church Chesilhurst New Jersey
Grant AME Church Roxbury Massachusetts
Grant AME Church Los Angeles California
Jericho AME Church Beaufort South Carolina
Johnson's Chapel AME Church Springfield Kentucky
Joshua Chapel AME Church Waxahachie Texas
Mary Springhill A.M.E. Church Shreveport Shreveport
Mount Olive AME Church Clearwater Florida
Mount Olive AME Church Ft. Myers Florida
Mt. Pisgah AME Church Greenwood South Carolina
Mount Tabor AME Church Kendrick Florida
Mount Vernon AME Church Gamaliel Kentucky
Mount Vernon AME Church Palestine Texas
Mount Zion AME Zion Church Montgomery Alabama
Mount Zion AME Church Jacksonville Florida
Mount Zion AME Church Ocala Florida
Mount Zion AME Church Montgomery Township New Jersey
Mount Zion AME Church Woolwich Township New Jersey
Mount Zion AME Church Tredyffrin Township Pennsylvania
Mount Zion AME Church Newport Rhode Island
Mount Zion AME Church Greeleyville South Carolina
Mount Zion AME Church Round O South Carolina
Mount Zion AME Church Norfolk Virginia
Olive Chapel AME Church Kirkwood Missouri
Quinn Chapel AME Church Chicago Illinois
Quinn Chapel AME Church Louisville Kentucky
Quinn Chapel AME Church St. Louis Missouri
Reid Temple AME Church Glenn Dale Maryland
Rue Chapel AME Church New Bern North Carolina
Saint Philip AME Church Atlanta Georgia
Saint Phillips AME Church Toomsboro Georgia
St. John AME Church Columbus Georgia
St. John AME Church Chicago Illinois
St. John's AME Church North Omaha Nebraska
St. John AME Church Cleveland Ohio
St. John's AME Church Norfolk Virginia
St. James AME Church Sanford Florida
St. James AME Church Ashland Kentucky
St. James AME Church Danville Kentucky
Saint James AME Church Picayune Mississippi
St. James AME Church Macon Georgia
St. James AME Church New Orleans Louisiana
St. James AME Church (destroyed by arson in 1955) Lake City South Carolina
St. James' AME Church Newark New Jersey
St. James AME Zion Church Ithaca New York
St. Joseph's AME Church Durham North Carolina
St. Mark AME Church Tuscaloosa Alabama
St. Matthew's Chapel AME Church Boonville Missouri
St. Matthew AME Church Philadelphia Pennsylvania
St. Peter's AME Church Harrodsburg Kentucky
St. Peter's AME Zion Church New Bern North Carolina
St. Peter AME Church Clarksville Tennessee
St. Paul AME Church Santa Barbara California
St. Paul AME Church Jacksonville Florida
St. Paul AME Church West Palm Beach Florida
St. Paul AME Church Glencoe Illinois
St. Paul AME Church Cambridge Massachusetts
St. Paul AME Church Port Huron Michigan
St. Paul AME Church Columbia Missouri
St. Paul AME Church St. Louis Missouri
St. Paul AME Church Raleigh North Carolina
St. Paul AME Church Fairfield Ohio
St. Paul AME Church Lima Ohio
St. Paul's AME Church Urbana Ohio
St. Paul AME Church Fayetteville Tennessee
St. Paul AME Church Rockwall Texas
St. Paul AME Church Dallas Texas
Greater St. Paul AME Church San Angelo Texas
St. Paul AME Church Manchester Kentucky
St. Stephen's AME Church Sandusky Ohio
St. Stephen's AME Church Hardeeville South Carolina
Salter's Chapel AME Church St. Helena Parish Louisiana
Tabernacle AME Church Idlewild Michigan
Thomas Memorial AME Zion Church Watertown New York
Thomas Chapel AME Zion Church Black Mountain North Carolina
Turner Chapel AME Church Atlanta Georgia
Turner Chapel AME Church Marietta Georgia
Turner Memorial AME Church Hyattsville Maryland
Wade Chapel AME Church Hillsboro Texas
Ward Chapel AME Church Prattville Alabama
Ward Chapel AME Church Selma Alabama
Ward Chapel AME Church Muskogee Oklahoma
Wayman Temple AME Church Jacksonville Florida
Wesley Chapel AME Church Georgetown Texas
Wesley Chapel AME Church Houston Texas
Wesley Chapel AME Church San Marcos Texas
Williams Chapel AME Church Orangeburg South Carolina
Woodlawn AME Church Chicago Illinois
Zion AME Church Camden Delaware

Liberia

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  • Eliza Turner AME Church, 34 Camp Johnson Road, Monrovia, founded in 1896[5][6]
  • Empowerment Temple AME Church, Carey Street, Monrovia[7]
  • Morning Star AME, Kingsville #7 Township, Careysburg District, Montserrado County.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Costen, Melva Wilson (1 January 2004). In Spirit and in Truth: The Music of African American Worship. Westminster John Knox Press. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-664-22864-4.
  2. ^ "Connections".
  3. ^ Women's Missionary Service
  4. ^ Leming, Rachel (2019). "Reaching Back, Looking Forward: 20 Years of the African Heritage Network". Light and Life Magazine. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  5. ^ Varney M. Kamara (26 November 2009). "Liberia: Eliza Turner AME Church Observes 113th Anniversary". The Analyst.
  6. ^ "Liberia: African Methodist Episcopal Church Delegation Meets Pres. Sirleaf". The Analyst. 14 September 2012.
  7. ^ "Liberia: We Need Builders, Not Destroyers - Rev. Katurah York Cooper". The Analyst. 12 May 2004.
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